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India: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Chennai airport customs seized 210 Indian star tortoises from two passengers at the airport late on Sunday. The reptiles listed under the vulnerable category by The International Union for Conservation of Nature were put inside two plastic boxes and hidden amid chocolates…
Read updateIndia: Umaria forest team on Thursday arrested five poachers involved in killing of a tiger here. A body of an adult tigress was found in Barwah area of Ghunghuti forest in Umaria on Monday. The tiger reportedly had fallen victim to a live electric trap laid by poachers. Team has recovered tiger’s tooth, hair,…
Read updateIndia: The crime branch sleuths of Unit I of Pune police have arrested two persons in connection with the illegal possession of two sand boa snakes on Monday. The suspects arrested have been identified as Ganesh Subhash Wafgaonkar, 18, and Raju Baban Shilimkar, 40, both residents of Bhor. Acting on a tip off that the…
Read updateIndia: A police team led by Bipul Chetia, the sub-divisional police officer of Bokakhat under Golaghat district, arrested a dreaded rhino poacher and horn smuggler, Bipin Borah from Ward No. 4 Bishnupur area of Bokakhat town on Sunday night and recovered a rhino horn weighing over one kg while he was bargaining with…
Read updateIndia: Two persons were arrested with an animal paw, suspected to be of a tiger, late of Friday from Gadhoda-Sabar Dairy Road by Sabarkantha special operations group (SOG) "We got a tip-off that two were trying to sell a tiger paw on road on Gadhoda-Sabar Dairy road. We then intercepted a car and a two-wheeler on…
Read updateIndia: Chikkajala police have arrested four men, including two illegal wildlife traders and two buyers, for selling and buying a red sand boa.The illegal wildlife traders had brought the snake from a forest in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh and were selling it to buyers when they were arrested.The arrested have…
Read updateIndia: Baikunthapur forest division on Sunday arrested Sikkim resident Rabi Subba for allegedly smuggling leopard skin from Sikkim to Siliguri. Subba was arrested from Sahid Nagar near Champasari area along with 5.5’ length leopard skin. Subba is said to be a resident of Singtam of East Sikkim. Sanjay Dutta, range…
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India: In the latest wildlife offence, forest officials have made a seizure of 4 kilograms of venison and arrested a poacher today from seaside Batighar forest block close the Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary in Kendrapara district. Balai Bhakta (55) was arrested with the raw meat and animal’s hide. He was a member of…
Read updateIndia: The State Forest department has arrested three poachers who hunted protected water birds in Kancheepuram district. This followed a report published by Express on September 23. The report titled, “Not chicken, eateries in Chennai’s outskirts may be serving protected waterbirds,” revealed that large water birds…
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